health scare for former president george w. bush. he undersent surgery to have a stent placed in his heart this morning. kelly o'donnell joins me with more. >> we know the former president who is now 67 was having his annual checkup in dallas yesterday and that is when doctors discovered there was a blocked artery in his heart. they took a look at it and their recommendation was to place a stent to open that artery in the former president agreed to have that procedure which was done this morning at texas health presbyterian center. we were told it was successfully. we were told it was successful and he will hope to resume his schedule on thursday. this is particularly notable because george w. bush is such an athlete. we all remember seeing lots of examples of when he would be biking and cycling and has actually great cardio fitness and has maintained that over the year, so it may be a bit surprising that he had a blocked artery. he suggests to everyone to get their own checkups and also put out a message saying he thanks family, fri